This Regulation provides all necessary standards and requirements aimed to define the processing, packaging, transportation and storage of organic products on the territory of the Croatian Republic. This Regulation prescribes that production of processed organic food shall be conducted separately in time or space from the food that is not organic. On the composition of ecologically processed foods, the following conditions shall be applied: a) the product is made mainly from ingredients of agricultural origin, and in establishing them, added water and salt will not be taken into account; b) additives, water, salt, aromas, enhancers, micro-organisms and enzymes, minerals, trace elements, vitamins, amino acids and other nutrients can be used for special dietary needs if they are listed in Annex I; c) agricultural ingredients deriving from non-organic production can be used only if approved in accordance with Annexes I and II; d) organic component cannot be simultaneously present in the product together with a compound of the same species from conventional production or manufacture of the transitional period; e) food produced from the ingredients in the transitional period must contain only one ingredient of agricultural origin. The Annex is an integral part of this Regulation.
Croatia · 2009-10-19